The next afternoon, Fan Ning submitted an application for study tour to Zhao Xiuwen, chief professor of Luming Academy.

Zhao Xiuwen looked at the application form and frowned slightly, "Why are you going to Yin County? Nine people will go?"

Fan Ning scratched his head and smiled, "Is it not possible in Yin County?"

"Of course, just......"

Zhao Xiuwen was a little embarrassed, and the county’s scientific literature regulations were not allowed to form cliques and factions.

Although other students in the county jail called them the Nine-Man Party, he also knew that this was just a joke.

But despite this, Zhao Xiuwen felt that it was necessary to remind Fan Ning.

"Fanning, you should know some of the rules of the school."

"I know that school rules have always been my extracurricular reading material!"

Although Zhao Xiuwen said it very tactfully, Fan Ning knew very well what he was talking about.

He smiled at Zhao Xiuwen in a daze and said, "We didn't go to fight in groups, nor did we raise a nine-person party banner on the roof of the dormitory.

Mingren, Mingli is doing business, and others can’t get a penny. We just have a good relationship and often sit together for dinner. The host doesn’t need to be so nervous!”

"I'm just giving you a reminder!"

Zhao Xiuwen signed his application and handed it to Fan Ning and said, "Warning you first, if you nine of you cause something outside, I can't protect you!"

"How can it be? It's just going out for a month to travel around! What can you do?"

Fan Ning took the application with a smile, bowed to Zhao Xiuwen, turned around and walked away quickly.

I heard Zhao Xiuwen angrily scolded from afar, "What are you going to study in the mountains and rivers?

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Although it is called study tour, in the eyes of students, it is actually going out to travel around the mountains and rivers, making every student excited and full of expectations.

Everyone quickly made a plan and decided to go to Mingzhou by water. Li Dashou's family started cargo operation. His father took the initiative to arrange a large passenger ship for them that could take twenty people.

In fact, Fan Ning wanted to take a sea route, take a boat to Loujiang to Kunshan County, enter the Yangtze River from there, and then take a sea route to Mingzhou Port.

But considering that Lu Youwei and Duan Yu are weak and may not be able to withstand the bumps at the sea, Fan Ning finally decided to walk in the inland river.

In late January, Jiangnan is still in late winter, and there is still a little chill in the air.

Everyone was sitting in the cabin playing cards and chatting. The cards were initiated by the Mingren and Mingli brothers. They played the game of the courtesan, which was a bit like the way they played at 21 o'clock today. They used the money from the fan cards to play, touched three cards, compared with the size, and were based on the upper limit of nine documents.

It’s simple and clear, just try your luck, and you will immediately know the winner and lose. The winner is very small, and you will lose at least a few pens or as much as nine pens. In the end, the winner treats you to dinner.

This kind of beard fighting is very popular among the folks of the Song Dynasty, and is suitable for all ages and is very popular even in county schools.

Compared with other companions gathered together and shouted, Fan Ning sat quietly in front of the window, staring at the scenery and folk customs on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

The scenery in winter is indeed quite monotonous. The way south is the bleak gray color, the bare willow trees, the remaining snow that has not completely melted on the shore, and the bloated pedestrians, everything is no different from the countryside of Wuxian.

In fact, Fan Ning was not enjoying the scenery. He was thinking about some of the news that Wang Anshi had vaguely revealed in the letter. He had implemented several reforms in Yin County in the past two years, but the reforms were not going well.

From the words in the letter, Fan Ning could feel the depression in Wang Anshi's heart, hoping that he could help him get out of the quagmire of reform.

But Wang Anshi did not clearly state the specific reforms in his letter.

It can be said that Wang Anshi decided to implement some moderate reform measures in Yin County after receiving his own advice.

But even the more moderate reforms are triggered, once the interests of the powerful class are triggered, it will trigger a huge rebound.

Although Yin County is small, it is full of internal organs. It is almost the same as implementing reforms in Yin County as a county magistrate, and implementing reforms in the world as a prime minister.

To a certain extent, Fan Ning hoped that Wang Anshi's reform in Yin County would fail, which would allow him to understand the difficulties of reform more deeply.

This is why Wang Anshi wrote to him twice last year for help, but he did not agree to go to Yin County, but he still came. After all, he had promised Wang Anshi.

"Hey! I'm still watching the scenery!"

Su Liang, wearing a green robe, sat cross-legged across from him with a smile, and his movements were as quick as a large grasshopper.

"Are you lost all?"

Fanning looked back at his companions who were playing cards and asked with a smile.

"I lost thirty cents, that guy Lu Youwei was surprisingly lucky."

"Fan Ning, you seem to have something to worry about?" Su Liang glanced at Fan Ning and asked carefully.

They lived in the same dormitory for two years and knew each other well. Everyone got together and had fun, but Fanning sat here alone to watch the scenery. This was not his usual style.

"It's not a big deal, I'm just thinking about the imperial examination." Fan Ning smiled.

"When you talk about the imperial examination, I remember something!"

Su Liang patted his head and smiled: "The boy trial selection in Kunshan County ended yesterday. Ten county senators were selected. It is said that all of them are very powerful, surpassing the previous few sessions."

"I heard that they are implementing general examinations?" Fanning asked curiously again.

Su Liang nodded, "I have a relative who is one year older than me. He also participated in the selection of Kunshan County. As long as they are interested, they can take the registration exam. I heard that a total of 1,200 people took the exam, which was divided into the preliminary examination and the re-examination. In the end, ten county senators were selected from the 1,200 people."

"Actually, it's about the same as us, but we were two years ahead of schedule."

"Wujiang County was conducted at the same time as us. They also selected ten people at that time. I heard that they were sent to a certain place for two years to train. In comparison, we were like herding sheep and could still go on a study tour!"

"If you don't go to study abroad, learn about people's livelihood plans, how to deal with the problem during the imperial examination?"

Fan Ning took a sip of tea, shook his head and smiled, "I don't think the practice in Wujiang County is feasible. In the last class, only one of them passed the boy exam, and I didn't see Gao Ming go anywhere?"

"Brother, that's because Changzhou County is so powerful. The court only gave five boys to Pingjiang Prefecture to get the exam. Changzhou County won four of them. But none of our Wu County passed the exam. Kunshan County and Changshu County were also destroyed. It's good if Wujiang County can pass one."

Su Liang sighed deeply: "I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. If I fail the exam, I have to wait another three years."

Fanning patted his arm and smiled and comforted him, "After half a year, don't think too much, we just need to do our best. Even if we wait for another three years, we will only be fifteen or sixteen years old. We actually have one more chance than others."

"You've made sense!"

Su Liang was silent for a moment and said, "We actually earned this boy exam, and there is no burden if we can't pass the exam."

Having said that, Su Liang couldn't help but look out the window and sighed softly.

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After three days of sailing, the passenger ship finally arrived in Qiantang County, Hangzhou in the early morning.

The boat only needs to be replenished in Qiantang County and rest for a day. Everyone got off the boat and decided to go to West Lake for a trip.

Fanning couldn't go with them, he was going to visit Bao Zheng.

Last year, Bao Zheng inspected Pingjiang Mansion twice and met Fan Ning once. At the beginning of the year, he received another letter from Bao Zheng, and he might be transferred back to the capital in a few months.

Bao Zheng specially invited him to come to Qiantang County for a while. This time they passed by Qiantang County and it was a bit unreasonable not to visit Bao Zheng.

Qiantang County is the capital of the Qian family, Wuyue Kingdom. It has a large city scale, a prosperous economy and a large population. Many first-level institutions on Liangzhe Road are set up here.

The Transport Office is responsible for the transfer of grain and grass materials. The taxes and grains of prefectures and counties are collected by local governments and then handed over to the Transportation Office.

Or stored in the Transportation Office warehouse, or transported to the capital,

After the budget of local governments is approved by the court every year, the Transport Department will be allocated to the local government office. In a sense, the Transport Department has the power to allocate property.

The Liangzhe Road Transport Office was not far from West Lake. Fan Ning hired a ox cart and soon arrived at the office.

I was still a distance away from the Siya, and I saw countless people kneeling on the ground and kowtowed and shouting for justice.

This made Fan Ning a little stunned. It was his third year in the Song Dynasty. This was the first time he saw the people kneeling in front of the yamen to shout for justice.

Moreover, the one who kneeled was actually the yamen of the Transportation Office, which was a bit confusing.

If you have any grievances, you will find a county government office. If you are unfair, you will find a county government office or a government office. If you still feel unfair, you can go to the Criminal Division to file a complaint. It will not be the turn of the yamen.

If you have to be far-fetched, then only the people in the ship industry come to seek justice. If there are not enough official ships in the canal transport, sometimes civilian ships will be requisitioned and then checked out.

At this time, some conflicts and disputes will arise.

"Master Qingtian, make the decision for the little people!"

A group of people knelt in front of the gate and cried sadly, "The government forces too much, we can't survive."

Fan Ning became increasingly confused. It seemed that it was not a complaint from the ship owner. Moreover, Bao Zheng had not taken office in Kaifeng Prefecture and had not yet received the title of "Bao Qingtian". He dared to compete with the powerful in the court and was quite upright, but he was not well-known among the people.
Chapter completed!